For just four hours Sunday, a complete collection of Jewish holy books in scroll form will be on exhibit at Temple Israel, a conservative Jewish synagogue in Daytona Beach. It is the world’s only ...

Shabbat is not merely a day of rest, but the eternal sign of the covenant between God and Israel (Exodus 31:17). Shabbat ...

This biblical book of sayings and advice is full of wisdom. The Book of Proverbs is one of the most quoted books of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible). Comprising the second book in the Ketuvim (or Writings) ...

Some argue that inherent human rights are implicated in a perverse individualism correlative of liberal social orders, and thus have no place in an understanding of justice as right order. The recent ...

An inscription dating from the 10th century BCE (the period of King David's reign) has been deciphered, showing that it is a Hebrew inscription. The discovery makes this the earliest known Hebrew ...

In his insightful work, According to the Scriptures: The Sub-structure of New Testament Theology, C. H. Dodd builds a careful case for how the Apostles used the Hebrew Bible to lay the foundation for ...

Hebrew scripture is a "message in a bottle," says Yoram Hazony, and in The Philosophy of Hebrew Scripture, he tries to decipher that message. Hazony's new book makes the case for a different reading ...

(RNS) He's Samuel ben Jacob, a historic figure who also wrote the the earliest known complete copy of the Hebrew Bible. (RNS) The author of a 10th-century collection of scriptures has been identified ...

Feminist biblical scholarship, once relegated to the sidelines, is now solidly mainstream. Each year, more books, podcasts, and documentaries emerge to challenge the traditional patriarchal readings ...

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Anton Wessels emphasizes points of convergence among the Abrahamic religions, even assimilating their scriptural perspectives into a single story. It's an audacious wager, and not without dangers. In ...